Experience

Vivecommerce

• Netherlands
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor & Interim executive

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Vivecommerce is specialised in e-commerce, tech, retail and fast growing businesses. Part of our time and income is spend on not for profit initiatives. We seek partnerships with our clients with the philosophy that what you invest in us gets at least a 6-fold return. If an assignment does not have that potential, we will not start the engagement. We perform best on multi-faceted challenges, where clarity on root causes are lost. We will help you solve your challenges with your own team or assign you an specific expert. Our roles include those of Interim Executive, advisor to the board, Industry Expert, and hands-on growth support. Show less



Fixami

• Netherlands
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Chief Executive Officer

  • Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

  Fixami is the PE-owned umbrella brand for multiple professional powertools and paint e-stores in Europe. With ~180 employees and >€100mio revenues. The brands, among others, include: ➡️ Gereedschapcentrum (.nl) ➡️ Fixami (.be/.fr/.es/.de) ➡️ Verfwebwinkel (.nl/.be) Fixami is the PE-owned umbrella brand for multiple professional powertools and paint e-stores in Europe. With ~180 employees and >€100mio revenues. The brands, among others, include: ➡️ Gereedschapcentrum (.nl) ➡️ Fixami (.be/.fr/.es/.de) ➡️ Verfwebwinkel (.nl/.be)



bol.com

• Netherlands
• Business Consulting and Services

• Director Strategy & Business Development

  • Oct 2017 - Feb 2021

  Bol.com is the leading eCommerce company in the Netherlands & Flanders. Together with over 25k local retailers/entrepreneurs we serve >35% of the consumers in the Dutch language area (i.e. >10 million customers). As a member of the Marketing management team my team's role is to incubate new businesses. We typically set-up a business and foster it until it's ready to be transferred into other parts of the organisation. The incubation period various from a few months to multiple years. Currently our business development portfolio among others entails: - Strategy development, strategic partnerships & M&A- Cracking customer loyalty. With >10 mio customers our focus is shifting from customer volume to increasing the buying frequency in a way that emotionally connects. An important business model we have launched to attain this is Select - Assessing and entering new market(s) (segments). In progress is our expansion into the rest of Belgium (Wallonia) in 2020. A complex venture, since this is our first non-Dutch region- Developing retail services for our Partners. A past example is Logistics via bol.com in which bol.com takes care of the storage, fulfillment and customer service. More exiting stuff to come :-)- Experimenting with new Tech & Trends (e.g. Voice and Visual Search) Show less

• Director Marketplace & B2B

  • Apr 2016 - Sep 2017

  As a member of the Marketing & Platform Innovation management team my role was to strengthen and grow the network of partners. This entails:A) retailers selling on our market place, and B) purchases of business customers. A) Market Place – Plaza:My team is responsible for the strategy, proposition and business development of bol.com's market place. We try to balance customer satisfaction and seller satisfaction while securing ambitious growth targets. Growth not only in revenues, but also in terms of assortment, competitive prices, fast delivery, best content and retail services. Started in 2011 as an experiment, now more than 1 out of 3 sales on bol.com is thanks to our network of partners. The rapid growth comes with challenges, but it is our commitment to resolve them and be(come) the Best Place to Sell and Buy. B) Business customers:My team offers three propositions for business customers: 1) bol.com gift cards: an ideal surprise for employees, business partners or customers2) business account for all your business purchases: choose from >15 million products3) quantity purchases for example to revamp your office with new computers Contact me if you have any suggestions or questions. Show less

• Director Of Business Development

  • Jun 2015 - Apr 2016

  In 2015 my team shifted focus from entering new markets to among others: - Improving bol.com’s last-mile proposition for consumers (e.g. Sunday delivery, same-day)- Delivering Marketing & Media services to brands, suppliers and our market place partnersEvery project is led by one or several business developers working with a multi-disciplinary project team. In this period we launched:- Marketing & Media Services, which is now set-up as a separate business unit within marketing- "Tassen & Lederwaren" as our latest product group extension to our luxury category Show less

• Business Developer

  • Mar 2012 - May 2015

  In 2012 a key pillar in bol.com's growth strategy was category expansion into attractive retail markets that were ready for online buying. Often we were the first in the Netherlands and Flanders to offer a significant broad and deep assortment online in these categories. As business development team we were responsible for assessing retail markets and launching in the interesting ones. To make this possible we led a multi-disciplinary project team that started small in the strategy phase, but grew to a team of over 60 colleagues in the implementation phase. In essence as business developer I was responsible for:- market assessment- consumer proposition- business case - project deliveryAs a business developer in this period my projects include:- Entry into kitchen and house hold goods with ~12k products launched June 2012 (2017: >70k products)- Entry into DIY, Pets and Garden with ~60k products launched February 2013 (2017: >200k products)- Proposition relaunch of digital reading through a partnership of bol.com with Kobo launched September 2014 (a.o. this partnership added >2 million International ebooks & seamless buying and reading experience)- Incubation of an industry initiative LeesID for frictionless buying and reading of ebooks across retailers. Owner of the initiative is CPNB see LeesID.nu for more information. Launched September 2014 During this period I promoted from medior to senior business developer and from senior to lead business developer. Show less



Price Waterhouse Coopers

• Advisor

  • Jul 2009 - Mar 2012

  Advisor for large multinationals, primarily in insurance or banking. Trainer of:- Communicating with impact (pyramid principle)- Lean Six Sigma Yellow and Green-BeltProject experience is diverse and varies from operational excellence, target operating models to growth strategies in emerging markets. Key commonality is a fact-based approach, effective and direct communication and a focus on impact.

• Analyst

  • Apr 2008 - Jun 2009

  Fast-track promotion to Advisor